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Howell v. Evans

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Apr 29, 1991
931 F.2d 711 (11th Cir. 1991)

Summary

determining plaintiff needed to establish more than respondeat superior to hold contracting medical services provider liable

Summary of this case from McKenzie v. Anderson

Opinion

No. 89-8455.

April 29, 1991.

William P. Tinkler, Jr., Decatur, Ga., for Mendoza.

William B. Hill, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Daryl A. Robinson, Cathy A. Cox, John C. Jones, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for Burden.

J. Vincent Cook, Cook, Noell, Tolley Aldridge, Athens, Ga., Patrick T. Beall, Watkinsville, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellees.

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Georgia; Dudley H. Bowen, Jr., Judge.

Before KRAVITCH and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.


Appellees' motion to withdraw the petition for rehearing and suggestion for rehearing en banc is GRANTED. As the case has settled, the opinion at 922 F.2d 712 is vacated, the judgment of the district court is vacated and the case is remanded to the district court with direction that the case be dismissed.


Summaries of

Howell v. Evans

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
Apr 29, 1991
931 F.2d 711 (11th Cir. 1991)

determining plaintiff needed to establish more than respondeat superior to hold contracting medical services provider liable

Summary of this case from McKenzie v. Anderson

assessing whether prison medical director employed by private corporation exercised final policymaking authority for employer concerning equipment and staff procurement

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Case details for

Howell v. Evans

Case Details

Full title:WILLA DEAN HOWELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF VAN…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit

Date published: Apr 29, 1991

Citations

931 F.2d 711 (11th Cir. 1991)

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